2024 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code X15.8XXS

Contact with other hot household appliances, sequela

ICD-10-CM Code:
X15.8XXS
ICD-10 Code for:
Contact with other hot household appliances, sequela
Is Billable?
Yes - Valid for Submission
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Code Classification

  • External causes of morbidity and mortality
    (V01–Y99)
    • Contact with heat and hot substances
      (X10-X19)
      • Contact with hot household appliances
        (X15)

X15.8XXS is a billable diagnosis code used to specify a medical diagnosis of contact with other hot household appliances, sequela. The code is valid during the current fiscal year for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions from October 01, 2023 through September 30, 2024.

X15.8XXS is a sequela code, includes a 7th character and should be used for complications that arise as a direct result of a condition like contact with other hot household appliances. According to ICD-10-CM Guidelines a "sequela" code should be used for chronic or residual conditions that are complications of an initial acute disease, illness or injury. The most common sequela is pain. Usually, two diagnosis codes are needed when reporting sequela. The first code describes the nature of the sequela while the second code describes the sequela or late effect.

Approximate Synonyms

The following clinical terms are approximate synonyms or lay terms that might be used to identify the correct diagnosis code:

  • Accident caused by solid fuel cooker in private dwelling
  • Burning due to contact with hot household appliances
  • Burning due to contact with hot iron
  • Burning due to contact with hot kettle
  • Burning due to contact with hot light bulb
  • Burning due to contact with hot surface of electric cooker
  • Burning due to contact with hot surface of gas cooker
  • Burning due to contact with solid nonmetallic hot objects

Clinical Classification

Convert X15.8XXS to ICD-9-CM

  • ICD-9-CM Code: E929.8 - Late eff accident NEC
    Approximate Flag - The approximate mapping means there is not an exact match between the ICD-10 and ICD-9 codes and the mapped code is not a precise representation of the original code.

Code History

  • FY 2024 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2023 through 9/30/2024
  • FY 2023 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2022 through 9/30/2023
  • FY 2022 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2021 through 9/30/2022
  • FY 2021 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2020 through 9/30/2021
  • FY 2020 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2019 through 9/30/2020
  • FY 2019 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2018 through 9/30/2019
  • FY 2018 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2017 through 9/30/2018
  • FY 2017 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2016 through 9/30/2017
  • FY 2016 - New Code, effective from 10/1/2015 through 9/30/2016. This was the first year ICD-10-CM was implemented into the HIPAA code set.